Journal article
Kin selection under blending inheritance
- Abstract:
-
Why did Darwin fail to develop his insights on kin selection into a proper theory of social adaptation? One suggestion has been that his inadequate understanding of heredity kept the problem out of focus. Here, I determine whether it is possible to develop a quantitative theory of kin selection upon the assumption of blending inheritance. I find that, whilst Hamilton's rule of kin selection can be readily derived under the assumption of blending inheritance, this mechanism complicates the com...
Expand abstract
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
Actions
Authors
Funding
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Theoretical Biology Journal website
- Volume:
- 284
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 125-129
- Publication date:
- 2011-09-01
- DOI:
- ISSN:
-
0022-5193
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Subjects:
- UUID:
-
uuid:123630da-848d-4761-9fb4-e260d62db5e2
- Local pid:
- ora:5741
- Deposit date:
- 2011-10-06
Related Items
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Elsevier Ltd
- Copyright date:
- 2011
- Notes:
- The full-text of this article is not available in ORA, but you may be able to access the article via the publisher copy link on this record page.
Metrics
If you are the owner of this record, you can report an update to it here: Report update to this record